Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Platt, David White September 4, 1870
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Niles Republican II, Thurs. Sept. 8, 1870, page 3
Niles Republican II, Thurs. Sept. 8, 1870, page 3

IN MEMORIAM

	Died Sunday evening, the 4th last, DAVID WHITE PLATT, age 44 years, 6 months,
and 28 days.
	Yesterday, the 7th last, the burial of David White Platt, took place at
Berrien.  An insidious disease, the disease of the heart, silently and gradually
prepared the way for a sudden death.  The second day before his death, he wrote
a business letter at his place of business, and walked to his residence.  The
deceased was born in Pittsfield, Mass., and came to Berrien twenty-three years
ago, where he has since resided nearly all the times as a member of the business
firm of J.N. and D.W. Platt.  Many years of extended acquaintance, combined with
many rare and estimable traits of character, made him greatly beloved and highly
esteemed.  By his death Berrien has lost a citizen not easily replaced, and
yesterday the citizens of the place and the surrounding country attended the
burial with sadness and solemn thoughtfulness.  As no building in the place,
except the Court House, could at all accommodate the people assembled to attend
the burial services, that building was used for the occasion and was densely
filled, while many remained outside unable to gain an entrance.  All the
business houses were closed, and the day was devoted to the memory of the
deceased.  The address at the Court House was deliveryd[sic] by the Rev. Wm.
Lusk, Jr. Rector of Trinity Church, in this  place, on the transient and
permanent in life, with an appropriate application suggested by the occasion. 
The ceremonies were conducted by the Masonic Fraternity, of which body the
deceased had been a worthy member during the past twenty years.  A vast
concourse of citizens attended the remains to the grave, and in deepest sympathy
with the afflicted relatives said “farewell” to the departed brother, friend and
citizen.


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